Normanniasaurus
nor-MAN-ee-ah-SORE-us /nɔrˌmæniəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Normandy lizard
- Normannia · Latin · Normandy
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines "Normannia", the Latin name for Normandy, with the Greek word for lizard. It refers to Normandy in northern France, where the fossils were found.
- Named by
- Le Loeuff et al.
- Year named
- 2013
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Albian
- Found in
- Normandy (Le Havre area), France
A titanosaurian sauropod (long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur). The type species is Normanniasaurus genceyi. I am less sure of the exact authorship, year and stratigraphic details.